The Liberal Jesus (A plethora of new books is poring out explaining why Jesus is not a Republican)

The American Prowler ^ | 7/26/2006 | Mark Tooley

[Candor7]

Gasp! It's a liberal response to Anne Coulters best seller: GODLESS!

[Secret Agent Man]

And you know where liberation theology began and still is thriving today, right?

The Roman church. Remember the Jesuits in Central and South America taking up arms and fighting with the communists in the jungles in the 80s?

Among other things, liberation theology is a marxist take on haves and have nots. They establish the doctrine that says under certain circumstances (where one has immediate grave needs) acts that would normally be considered sins, are not considered sinning. Like theft of property and possessions, if the need of the person is much greater than another.

It goes back to basically allowing the very poor to steal from the very wealthy and telling them it's not sin because their needs are overwhelming and the rich guy isn't sharing enough.

Now it probably is true in many cases the 'rich' weren't being as generous as they might have been (out of their abundance), and it probably in most cases was true the poor had real genuine, dire immediate needs. But it is also true that stealing is stealing, and for the church to teach otherwise is wrong. They may have a better leg to stand on if they'd teach the person who took it after getting out of his dire need would make amends/reparations for what they took, but that is not part of liberation theology as the Roman church spouts it.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I agree.

[WOSG]

Balmer discerns that the Religious Right "hankers for the kind of homogeneous theocracy that the Puritans tried to establish in 17th-century Massachusetts" and "renege on the First Amendment."

hmmm. Isnt bearing false witness a sin? Doesnt he know he's lying here?

[mrsmel]

I was just thinking about that as I watched "Fiddler On The Roof".

[Dahoser]

I'm sorry, but PORING out?

[I still care]

Now that one I have to save.

[AnalogReigns]

Wheaton College is now politically liberal? I went to another Christian college, but with Anabaptist roots, Messiah College,and I know they have become more mushy since I was there....but Wheaton too?

These are pro-life Democrats? Primarily due to life issues, and the total dominance of feminist agnostics in the Democrat party, evangelical Christians have been wholly unwelcome there...but now leading evangelical schools are liberal?

[vrwcregistered]

As someone on these boards once said, Jesus may not be a Republican, but the Democrats seem to have a lock on Satan.

[nonliberal]

When are we going to start hearing about the evils of the "religious Left?"

[Little Ray]

Jesus isn't a Republican - he's a Monarchist. His father is the King of Kings and Lord of Heaven.

[SuziQ]

Man, those libs are really pushing the "Jesus was a leftie" angle.

That's been going on since the late 60's. Why do you think they were able to gain such a foothold in so many denominations? The more traditional folks were just living their lives, not getting too caught up in the machinations of administration. The libs worked their way into positions of power and influence and we have seen the fruits of the labors over the last few years with the priest abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, the acceptance of abortion by most of the Protestant denominations, the appointment of openly homosexual bishops in the Anglican Church, and the blessing of homosexual unions by many denominations.

They are angry because serious religious folks finally woke up and are fighting back.

[My2Cents]

Jesus is also in favor of appeasing evil...The entire Old Testament is a record of how God winked at and coddled evil nations and the sins of his own people. /sarc

[My2Cents]

The left is guilty of making God into their own image. On issues such as life and liberty, conservatives are more on the side of God than then left's position on abortion and license. On most other political questions, Jesus didn't seem to have an opinion nor care ("Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" -- assumes that the interests of Caesar are often outside the interests of God.)

[My2Cents]

We had a friend who sent her daughter to Wheaton, and by the time the daughter graduate, her faith was nearly in shambles.

[pollyannaish]

Yes, you are correct and your points worth noting, especially here:

In the Gospels, Christ made it quite plain that the Gospel was being offered to the sinners, because the righteous would not accept the truth.

Clearly, the "righteous liberals", those who will not accept God on HIS terms, still will not accept the truth!

My point was simply that standing around claiming that Jesus/God is on our side politically is close to blasphemous imo. God is on the side of all mankind. He is as much the God of liberals as he is of conservatives, and that NONE of us should try to remake Him in our image. He is far greater than that.

[TitansAFC]

---"...but now leading evangelical schools are liberal?"---

Many of them, yes; and many more are on the way. Wheaton College is just one example - a massive change in just one generation of hires.

It is a bigger problem than many people realize. Abortion....well, what can we do about it anyway? Homosexual rights...just a herring of the Religious Right.

One Wheaton College professor just got defeated in the Democratic Primary in March - Lindy Scott.

Liberty University is still pretty sound; but a lot of traditional Evangelical Universities are FAST being OVERWHELMED with Democrats, especially the faculty.